In this article, I will go through the possible elbow injuries a baseball player could encounter in their career. I will provide information about what they are, what causes them and what it takes to rehab them if you’re injured.

The safest type of strength training is isometrics, so we start there.

Here is an example of the isometric series of exercise we use for elbow flexion.

When can you lift heavy again?

The lower body is fair game, but the elbow will have to wait around three months.

When can you throw again?

When pain decreases and testing is negative. Retesting is the key.

What if there is an avulsion fracture? You could be immobilized for a period of time, so you’d better go see a doc to have your elbow evaluated.

What kinds of treatments can be done for Little Leaguer’s Elbow?

Decreasing pain associated with Little Leaguer’s Elbow is extremely important, but we need to remember if there was an avulsion fracture, a decrease in pain is not an indication that you are ready to throw again.

LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS (EXTENSOR TENDONITIS OR TENNIS ELBOW)

Don’t play tennis? It does not discriminate. It is actually pretty common as a weight room injury if you are dominating pulling motions or Olympic lifting.

It is hard to treat if it becomes severe, so let’s deal with it now. You don’t have to play with it.

Read the article below, and I will explain everything you need to know about Lateral Epicondylitis as a baseball player.

What is Lateral Epicondylitis?

Lateral Epicondylitis is a tendon injury. The lateral epicondyle is the attachment point for the extensors of the wrist and the “-itis” part of the name means inflammation.

Is the tendon truly inflamed? And the suffix “-itis” is still up for debate, since the “-itis” means a fresh injury, so technically, if this is older than six months or it is your second time through the same injury, then we need to call it Lateral Epicondylosis… meaning chronic.

The term we are starting to go with now is Lateral Epicondalgia… meaning pain.

What causes Lateral Epicondylitis?

Just like a tendon injury on the inner part of the elbow, the tendon is being subjected to micro-tears.

The micro-tears cause pain over time and also make the tendon less able to stretch. The tendon is a very exciting part of the musculoskeletal system.